Garment-supporter.



D. G. BUTTS.

GARMENT SUPPORTER.

ilm'emed Ust. L, 191.3

'i lu/vento@ @W UMTED srafrns PATENT leraren.'

DANIELG. BUTTS, NEW' ORLEANS, LOUSIANA, ASSIG'NOR; TO THE IVORY GAR/ TER COMPANY, NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA, A CORPORATION OF LOUISIANA GARMENT-SUPPORTER.

To' all Inkom. it may Concern:

Beit known that L'ADANIEL G. BUfi'rs, a citizen of the United States, reslding at New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana,'haveinvented certain. new and useful Improvementsin Garment- Supporters; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same reference being had to the accompanying` drawings, forming a part of this specification, and to the figures and let ters opfeference marked thereon.

T hisinvention relates to garment supporters and more especially to that type of supporter designed foi-supporting hosiery, the objects of the invention beingv to provide a more simple and convenient device for the purpose mentioned than those now in use and a device o'l such character that it may be made cheaply' and of materials which will la'st indefinitely and not have a destructi ve influenceoue upon the other. Y

The invention consists in certain lnovel details of construction and combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will now be described and pointed out particularly in the appended claims. 4

Referringlr to the accompanyingdrawings; .Figure 1 is a perspective 'View of a. supporter embodying the present improvements. Fig. Z'is a-,side elevation of the clasp with its suppmtingr member and the coupling plate'and hook. Fig. 3 is an elevation of the. friction buckle. Figs. 4, 5, G, and 7 are similar views of the coupling plate, hook, claspba'se, and clasp plate, respectively.

Similar letters of reference in the. several figures indicate the same parts. v

The type of supporter illustrated in the accon'lpanying drawings embodies, generally speaking, a limb eneirclingweb A, of usual,

construction and material, one. end of the web having attached thereto a hook B while the opposite end is doubled upon itself and secured to a friction slide buckle C. The loop formed by"\the doubled end of the web embraces and is itself included within a slot Z in a. coupling plate D, said slot d being centrally widened-as at d' for'the reception of theend ofthe hook B as will be readily understoodi from Fig. 1.

Immediately below' land preferably central of the bottom of the coupling plate', an apei`- ture d2 is `f med for the reception orpas Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented oet. 12, 1915.

Application tiled October 11, 1910. Serial No. 586,512.

sage of a'pendant -supp i rtii1gv member E which member is in the form of janfel`astic cord, the elasticity being securedfby 'the use of vulcanized rubber. The supporai'gimember E at i latter, in accordance with the, present invent-lon, 1s made 1n two parts, one part be'- its lower end, or endsfearries the l garment clasp'or hose engaglng clasp which ing a clasp' base and the other aclaspf'plate i The clasp'f base of materil'f Athe at an inclination as best shown in 'Viewed' from the front as in Fig. 6, the lower portion ofthe clasp baseis tapered downwardly and thelend rounded and smoothed to preventtea'ning the garment which is engaged thereby. In the upper portion of 'the clasp base there are formed two apertures, one aperture G being in the offset end F and the other aperture-G being in the bent portiorf 'and said apertures are adapted for the passage of one end of the supportingr member E .andfor the. attachment of theopposite end of saidsupportiug member where the parts are assembled in the manner shown `in Figs. 1 and 2. -V The clasp plate H. is a relatively small and preferably substantiallyA rectangular fiat plate having near its lower end an aperture' l for the reception of the offset end F2 of. the base.l said aperture Hi, being Yof sufiicient width and size to permit the portion f2 of the base and a garine'nifxwhich may surround that portion to pass intovthe aperture as shown in Fig. 2. The -upper portion of the clasp plate is provided i''with an aperture lz. for the attachment of'the end of the supporting,r member E and it will be particularly noted that the dimensions of the plate are such that 4'when theparts are in garment engaging position as in Figs. 1 and 2, the upper end or edge of the plate below the upper offset end of the base and preferably below the lower aperture in said ase.

In supporters of this character whichA are The two ends F andare pref- '10 rnbber with the result that tlie .lite

Y adaptei to be woirnlin elf-Se cuntae, with the pers it has been found that tir vulcanized 5 lo or in cntact with metal members or manif ei"`wlxicl1 are influent l 5y the znnieture aniSulur used for uieanizing the lbb .Under such conditions the "Gratien et" the metal quickly causes a deterioration 'elle el tyre 'article is materially enertenedr. in order to i, A cwer'ccnfxe this serionsv defect z prlong'the life .of the Sixppurter, elle cli j`V andV the ennpling plate urli which elle t5 tic comein Contact are .belli made. of alice wlricl'is neutral in its effect 'on the v bbfimdeir 'oxidizing ,conditions and said ,paits'ar refer-,ably ,madeof substantially "piment,cellnlaida thus 'nat only cbt ing 'thefadvantages referred to but 7 l g tne supporter a unique and' attractive ap'peara'nce.l Furthermnre, tlrie substance j lends .itself readily) to coloring and may ne l)maialeftdmatch umlengarnients of .'aricneg z5 styles,

Owing to the construetinn of the cla-5p it witl3 lQWer offset end of the nase pro '.j'ctedldc invardly and the upper eucl, of the 'plate lying below the aperture tin-mgl; the 4snmuorting.; meinber paies tn en- Said late, the supporting member anse-sith@ p ate to act kwith a lever el. it to t ePbig-ht of' garment which, passes 'lieofet end, and furthermore with i Y onstruction the clasp will .reniain i. 'firmly attached tothe garment even thong-n the 'tension on the supporting member be `relieved as,for instance., rwhen the suppnrter l "is removed from the limb by detaching the 1Q- heink fre'm 'the coupling plate. Furtherv nmre, by Glsetting the upper end fn. the balsenot only is sind end brought mit ever i he platebut the Supporting' member n-:i Way lfrom the person Somewlnst by the. limi),- liegbase and the Whole structure is made whatl 1 claim as nel? and desire tovsecnre by Letters Patent of tlr'llnited States, is-

' l.. In a garment supporter, the combination wit-l1 a supporting member of elnstic vnlcanimd rubber, et cfmnecting and clasp .members to which the elastic vulcanized rubber snpi orting member is connect-.Ll termed of Celluloid neutral under oxidizing ontlitionsin its ellect 0n the vulcanized r e." supporting member whereby the. life. e rubber is' prulmifgjed.

Ln a garment Supporter, the Combina-- tien 'with a pliant eupporting member liar- 'ng elastic ruirunized rnblier incorporated therein. a garment engaging clasp dcpending tlierel'rnm formed of non-metallic. Substance neutral in its eli'et-.t on vulcanized rubber und embodying a Clasp base haring it." '-.ll'rper and lewin' ends Offsetfronx the plane of the body and an aperture in its 'upper earl fer the rerei'ltin of the pliant @5p plate hmmg an aperlnexnbor und a el ture therein for the .'e\';epl,icn of the lower ntl-net 0nd nl' lille base and a seccnd aperture for the rerept-imi of the pliantmember,

tlieupper edge ot the plate lying below thc `upper offset. end of the base when the parts are 1n garmentengaging position.

3. ln a garnnnt supporter, the combination with a pliant Snppurting member`v ct' a #az-ment engaging clasp depending therermn and erninnlying a elasp base 'nn'ied ct celluinid ha ving an aperture at the upper enel for the' passage of 'the pliant member and lnu'infr ite lmrer end otl's'et and extend ed dmvnwarflly and a flut clasp plate formed nl' eellulnid haring; un aperture therein i012 the. ration 'et the ali'set port-ion. ofthe hase and nn aperture near tlm. tcp for the reception' of tln` pliant 'mexnlieigY the upper nl tire plate twinglwlow the upper end elxi'! #si Lln base and the. lnwer rnd of the plaie dined lwlxnn the clisetend nit the' has@ nnen tin* partsv arr in garnir-.nt engaging pw sizifin.

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